PC Tech/Gaming Info Thread

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

btw thats the sandybridge processors?

yup, one third the price and just as fast and overclockable using less power

but is that the same batch of sandy's that goes through sata I/O degradation after a period of time?

SATA i/o has nothing to do with the processor - the problem was with the intel Cougar Point chipset

and no they revised all the boards after March 2011
once a board has a "B3 Stepping revision" label on it then it does not have the SATA issue

it was fixed - people who bought boards before April would have the issue, eventually.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/inte ... 14th/11385

[shaq090]

ohhh good to hear....still love my i7 tho.....i just like to lol when im multitasking alot and only see it fluctuate from 0% to 3%

[HCCA]

ohhh good to hear....still love my i7 tho.....i just like to lol when im multitasking alot and only see it fluctuate from 0% to 3%

Same with my i7 930 at stock speed. Put stuff to download, ran 4 instances of winrar decompressing dvd size files, ran a game and played some music and all cores barely went above 26% each.

Was considering a sandy bridge upgrade but i eh see the point since i can't max out this cpu as yet.

[shaq090]

ohhh good to hear....still love my i7 tho.....i just like to lol when im multitasking alot and only see it fluctuate from 0% to 3%

Same with my i7 930 at stock speed. Put stuff to download, ran 4 instances of winrar decompressing dvd size files, ran a game and played some music and all cores barely went above 26% each.

Was considering a sandy bridge upgrade but i eh see the point since i can't max out this cpu as yet.

Hence i not even bothering to price the upgrades for sandy bridge

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

makes no sense upgrading from 1366 to 1155 IMO
if yuh done bounce yuh head then just relax until X68 comes out

is like yuh buy a 2010 Bugatti and then they bring out the new 2011 model just as fast and capable of going faster but using less gas for less than half the price -

[shaq090]

makes no sense upgrading from 1366 to 1155 IMO
if yuh done bounce yuh head then just relax until X68 comes out

is like yuh buy a 2010 Bugatti and then they bring out the new 2011 model just as fast and capable of going faster but using less gas for less than half the price -

Daz thing to make yuh wanna cuss

[bushwakka]

^^lol.....technology will always march on

[5forward]

I wana know how to do this and where do i get the appropriate download for them.I wana "LAN/offline multiplayer" COD MW2 and Black ops...if thats possible

[fouljuice]

I wana know how to do this and where do i get the appropriate download for them.I wana "LAN/offline multiplayer" COD MW2 and Black ops...if thats possible

I can't confirm how/if these work, but check these programs: Hamachi and/or Tunngle

[shaq090]

i use tunngle but u need some config file for it to work...

[5forward]

you mind saying how to do it...

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^^lol.....technology will always march on

true, can't avoid it! Android users will attest to that!

but technology marched on and people still holding on to 1366 like is l337...

sorry sorry I was supposed to stop doing that -carry on

[shaq090]

ummm i doh know entirely eh but i got crysis 2 to work like that...it just needed a config file that launches u straight to ur multiplayer part....try a youtube or google for more info

[M_2NR]

^^lol.....technology will always march on

true, can't avoid it! Android users will attest to that!

but technology marched on and people still holding on to 1366 like is l337...

sorry sorry I was supposed to stop doing that -carry on

My 775 still rocking tho dan

only BlOps does lag. Dirt 3 maxed out normel.

[speedaholic]

^^^ sweeet! how much is DiRT3 an improvement from DiRT2?

[Chiney]

rocking an am2+ mofos!!

[shaq090]

gonna sell my rig and buy a p4 machine with a pci slot...and a 40gb hdd.....with a caveman monitor that can only do 800x400 bess

[Chiney]

^^ thats jus a stupid thought!!

lol

but seriously...got a am2+ as my work horse working BESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ bess!

I remember buying a Matrox Millenium video card to run Quake in 1995 - it had 4MB of RAM!!!!

I upgraded to the Sandy Bridge from a 775 which is still running good.
the ASUS P5K Deluxe board it was on though decided to cap out when I removed it from the case.
So it's running on a Gigabyte board now

[shaq090]

i doh see the need to really buy a new piece of hardware as it comes out...like for instance i doh need 12gb of ram to play vid games....d most i ever see on a game using my ram was 3gb and i have abunch of chrome tabs up with flash content on it...a simple dual core with a nice junk of ram could give u similar fps on games that depend heavily on gpu...but when dx11 come into play...( evil grin )

[Sinister_Audio]

fcuk yall, new egg have a kingston 24gb ram ddr3 1600 RAM combo for $274

i doh have a computer, buh ah buying it


*totes*

[Virus]

rocking an am2+ mofos!!

Hay me tooo

[Ronaldo95163]

Looking at one of these printers

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-MG6120-Wire ... 51&sr=1-13

How do these work???


Im looking at this for the new build but i won't be using a wireless network card to be connected to the web :/

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

fcuk yall, new egg have a kingston 24gb ram ddr3 1600 RAM combo for $274

i doh have a computer, buh ah buying it


*totes*

Waaays! What CAS timing?

[Virus]

fcuk yall, new egg have a kingston 24gb ram ddr3 1600 RAM combo for $274

i doh have a computer, buh ah buying it


*totes*

Waaays! What CAS timing?

9

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104170

[bushwakka]

^^lol.....technology will always march on

true, can't avoid it! Android users will attest to that!

but technology marched on and people still holding on to 1366 like is l337...

sorry sorry I was supposed to stop doing that -carry on

My 775 still rocking tho dan

only BlOps does lag. Dirt 3 maxed out normel.

lol yes....my 775 still fulfilling all my needs...i dont hav to hav bragging rights.....that too expensive

[speedaholic]

fcuk yall, new egg have a kingston 24gb ram ddr3 1600 RAM combo for $274

i doh have a computer, buh ah buying it


*totes*

HAHAHA! buy one for me to nabaidanbai!

[M_2NR]

^^^ sweeet! how much is DiRT3 an improvement from DiRT2?

It aite. Graphics is more crips and the cars handle nicely with some tweaking. Getting a controller though.
The actual storyline is nothing fancy tho but mexicans surely had an influence on it esp the gymkhana.
Man calling yuh amigo and muchacho... i literally force quit after i heard him call me that

rocking an am2+ mofos!!

Hay me tooo

They are quite picky tho. Pops has two here and i get random reboots every so often (like once a month). Kind of odd. But they are workhorses none the less. On probably 16 hours a day.
I must say though as of recently chips have gotten so efficient! AM3's now use 1/2 the power than those AM2/+ with similar/better performance.

[Sinister_Audio]

fcuk yall, new egg have a kingston 24gb ram ddr3 1600 RAM combo for $274

i doh have a computer, buh ah buying it


*totes*

Waaays! What CAS timing?

9

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104170

thais the thing self!

just put together a lil list of what i'd want my computer to be like in the near future and so far w.o GPU its coming up to 1500USD

Board: Asus Maximus Extreme IV
Proc: might be a 960 or a SB 2600k (not too sure yet)
RAM: 12DDR3 1600 corsair dominator w/ cooler
SSD: leaning towards the vertex 2 80gb
HDD: WD2TB
PSU: corsair 1Kw
CASE: nzxt phantom

also thinking about buying a K&N filter case after that i aint want ONE SPEC of dust in that mofo

the GPU is giving me the biggest headache looking at either TWO 1gb cards or ONE superclocked gtx580

[HCCA]

^^Best to go with one single gpu card instead of sli or crossfire.

Some major games still have stupid driver issues with multi-gpu setups.

I use an Antec 1200 case for one of my systems, dust only in the front air intake filter which can be easily removed to be cleaned.